Lamentations 4:9 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

ASV Byzantine Text

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

Asang Khongca Bible

Sumsen hoi dueh kaminawk loe khokhahaih hoi dueh kaminawk pongah hoih o kue; khokha hoi dueh kami loe lawk ih thingthai qumpo to caa ai pongah, zaek o kaeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Khokha dongah rhok lakah cunghang dongkah rhok la om te then. Amih te khohmuen thaih loh a thun tih cae uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Khokha dongah rhok lakah cunghang dongkah rhok la om te then. Amih te khohmuen thaih loh a thun tih cae uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua oi ka pomaikai o ka poe i make i ka pahikaua, mamua o ko ka poe i make i ka pololi: Hokii ae la keia poe, ua houia no ka hua ole o ka mahinaai.

English Berean Standard Bible

Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun ki mouri nan lagè pi bon pase moun ki mouri grangou. Y'ap depafini jouk yo mouri. Yo pa jwenn anyen pou yo manje.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Teth Melius fuit occisis gladio quam interfectis fame, quoniam isti extabuerunt consumpti a sterilitate terræ.

Bible in Basic English

Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Ceux qui ont été tués par l’épée ont été plus heureux que ceux qui sont morts par la famine ; parce que ceux-ci ont dépéri, consumés par le manque du produit des champs.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lépe se stalo těm, jenž zbiti jsou mečem, nežli kteříž mrou hladem, (oni zajisté zhynuli, probodeni byvše), pro nedostatek úrod polních.

Kosraean Bible

Wo nu selos su anwuki ke mweun liki elos su misa tok, Su wangin mwe mongo in sruokya moul lalos, pwanang elso misa ke masrinsral.

World Portuguese Bible

Aqueles que são mortos à espada estão melhores do que aqueles que são mortos de fome; pois estes definham, traspassados, por falta dos frutos do campo.

Romanian BTF Bible

Este mai bine de cei uciși cu sabia decât de cei uciși cu foamete, pentru că aceștia lâncezesc, străpunși de lipsa roadelor câmpului.

Brenton English Septuagint

Teth. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from want of the fruits of the field.

Burmese Common Language Bible

စစ်ပွဲတွင်ကျဆုံးသေကြေရသူတို့သည် အစာရေစာပြတ်၍ ဆက်လက်အသက်မရှင်နိုင်တော့ဘဲ တဖြည်းဖြည်းငတ်မွတ်သေဆုံးသူများထက် သာ၍ကောင်းသေးသည်။

Darby Translation

The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Die vom Schwert Erschlagenen sind glücklicher als die vom Hunger Getöteten, welche hinschmachten, durchbohrt vom Mangel an Früchten des Feldes.

Dutch Bible 1917

Teth. De verslagenen van het zwaard zijn gelukkiger dan de verslagenen van den honger; want die vlieten daarhenen, als doorstoken zijnde, omdat er geen vruchten der velden zijn.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Die het zwaard had doorboord, voeren beter, Dan die door de honger werden gekweld, Zij versmachtten en werden gemarteld, Omdat ze geen veldvruchten oogstten.

Italian Diodati Bible

Più felici sono stati gli uccisi con la spada, Che quelli che son morti di fame; Perciocchè, essendo traffitti, il sangue loro è colato, E non hanno più avuto bisogno della rendita del campo.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth.

Geneva Bible 1599

They that be slaine with the sword are better, then they that are killed with hunger: for they fade away as they were striken through for the fruites of the fielde.

Noyes Bible

More fortunate are the slain by the sword than the slain by famine; For these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Danish Bible 1931

Sværdets Ofre var bedre farne end Sultens, som svandt hen, dødsramte, af Mangel på Markens Grøde.

Leeser Tanakh

Happier are those slain by the sword than those slain by hunger; for those poured forth their blood, being pierced through, —[these perished] without the fruits of the field.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

King James Version

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

King James Version + Apocrypha

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Những người bị gươm giết may hơn kẻ bị chết đói: Vì thiếu sản vật ngoài đồng, người lần lần hao mòn như bị đâm.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: For these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku lelei ʻakinautolu ʻoku mate ʻo tāmateʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā, ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku mate ʻi he honge; he ʻoku fakaʻauʻausino ʻakinautolu ni, kuo tāmateʻi ʻi heʻenau masiva ʻi he ngaahi fua ʻoe ngoue.

French Ostervald Bible

Ceux qui périssent par l'épée sont plus heureux que ceux qui périssent par la famine; car ceux-ci sont consumés peu à peu, exténués par le défaut du produit des champs.

Esperanto Bible

Pli bone estis al tiuj, kiuj mortis de glavo, ol al tiuj, kiuj mortas de malsato, Kiuj senfortiĝas kaj pereas pro manko de produktaĵoj de kampo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ceux qui périssent par l’épée sont plus heureux Que ceux qui périssent par la faim, Qui tombent exténués, Privés du fruit des champs.

German Luther Bible 1912

Den Erwürgten durchs Schwert geschah besser als denen, so da Hungers starben, die verschmachteten und umgebracht wurden vom Mangel der Früchte des Ackers.

LXX2012 U. S. English

TETH. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from lack of the fruits of the field.

British English Septuagint 2012

TETH. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from lack of the fruits of the field.

Majority Standard BIble

Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Webster Bible

They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Revised Version

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Più felici sono stati gli uccisi di spada di quelli che muoion di fame; poiché questi deperiscono estenuati, per mancanza de’ prodotti dei campi.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ceux qui meurent par l'épée sont plus heureux que ceux qui meurent de faim ; car ceux-ci dépérissent, consumés faute des fruits des champs.

Reina Valera 1909

Más dichosos fueron los muertos á cuchillo que los muertos del hambre; porque éstos murieron poco á poco por falta de los frutos de la tierra.

Spanish BLL

Más vale morir a espada que morir de hambre; porque los que mueren de hambre se van consumiendo poco a poco por falta de los frutos del campo.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Dichosos los que murieron a espada antes que los que mueren de hambre; porque estos mueren lentamente, consumidos por falta de los frutos del campo.

Croatian Bible

Kako su sretni oni što ih mač probode, sretniji od onih koje pomori glad; koji padaju, iscrpljeni, jer im nedostaju plodovi zemljini.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Bolje bi onima koji su pobijeni mačem nego onima koji mru od gladi, koji izdišu ubijeni od nestašice roda zemaljskog.

German Textbibel

Glücklicher waren, die durchs Schwert fielen, als die durch Hunger fielen, die dahinschmachteten durchbohrt, aus Mangel an Früchten des Feldes.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The slain with the sword were better Than they that were slain with hunger: They have departed, Pierced through from want of the fruits of the field.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

טוֹבִ֤ים הָיוּ֙ חַלְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶב מֵֽחַלְלֵ֖י רָעָ֑ב שֶׁ֣הֵ֤ם יָז֨וּבוּ֙ מְדֻקָּרִ֔ים מִתְּנוּבֹ֖ת שָׂדָֽי׃ ס